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TUG BUCKLE.

No. 294,028. r Patented Feb; 26, 1884.

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SAMUEL FUNK, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

TUG-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,028, dated February26, 1884:.

Application filed December I, 1883. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL FUNK, a resident of the city of Decatur,county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tug-Buckles, of which the following is aspecification, suffione skilled in the art to which it relates to makeand use the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a tug-buckle that will permitthe adj nstment of the tug in the buckle without bending the leather;and the peculiarities of the device used by me to effect theabove-mentioned result will be hereinafter set forth by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in' which Figure l is a side elevation of asection of the tug, showing the buckle in position thereon. Fig. 2is anedge view of Fig. 1, showing the buckle, tug, and hame-tug. Fig. 3represents a side view of the hame -tug. Fig. 4' is a perspective viewof the buckle-frame, and Fig. 5 a similar representation of the tonguedwedge used to adjust the tug in its various positions relative to thebuckle.

' a is the tug, provided with perforations a.

c c d f is the buckle-frame, provided with loops 0 e.

g is the hanie-tug, provided with elongated perforation h and customaryloops, 9'. The hame-tug is secured to the bar of the buckle between 0 c;and d d f furnish points of attachmentfor the back, belly, and hipstraps,

respectively.

the hame-tug g to a distance slightly beyond the position desired; thenthe projection b of wedge-plate b is passed through a hole, a, in thetug and into the elongated perforation h of the hametug, after which theattachm'ent is completed by drawing the wedge into loops 6 c, with itsprojection 1) against the buckle-bar, as indicated in Fig. 2. In passingthe end of the tug through the buckle the motion is from left to right,when the device is in the position shown in the drawings, and the dottedline in Fig. 1 indicates the position of the thick end of wedge-plate bwhen placed in position on the tug, and before the final adjustment hascarried it into place in loops e e.

In adjusting the length of the tug the operation is similar to thatabove described, the wedge being first drawn out of loops 6 eanddetached from the tug, after which the tug is adjusted with the properperforation in position to receive the projection I). (See dotted linein Fig. l.) The wedge being compelled to partake of the longitudinalmotion of the tug, and such motion carrying said wedge in contact withloops 0 e, and its projection 12 against the buckle-bar, farther motionin that direction is absolutely barred.

I claim- The combination of frame 0 0, having loops 6 a, wedge b,provided with projection b, and hame-tng 9, provided with elongatedperforation h, as and for the'purpose set forth.

SAMUEL FUNK.

Attest:

FRANK WILLIAMS, W. A. WILLIAMS.

